Name: Allan Hills A76002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.Abbreviation: ALHA76002This meteorite may also be called Allan Hills 76002 (ALH 76002) in publications.Observed fall: NoYear found: 1976 or 1977Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]Mass: 1510 g

Circumstances of find: Sighted from a helicopter which was taxiing 10-15 m above the bare ice, during the 1976-1977 season of the U.S: Japan Joint Antarctic Expedition, 80 m from the find site of the Allan Hills A76001 stone.

Note: Also known as Allan Nunatak No. 2 and as Allan Hills No. 2. Allan Hills A76002 is the name approved by the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society.

See also: A. Cassidy, E. Olsen and K. Yanai, 1977. Antarctica: a deep-freeze storehouse for meteorites. Science 198, 727-731, where the coordinates of the find site are given as 76°39'27"S., 159°33'16"E., and E. Olsen et al., 1978. Eleven new meteorites from Antarctica, 1976-1977. Meteoritics 13, 209-225.

[From Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 4(1):]

Sample No.: ALHA76002

Location: Allan Hills

Field No.:

Weight (gms): 307.0

Meteorite Type: Iron-Group IA or Ogg

Physical Description:

A thin black fusion crust covers the exterior of this specimen. The regmaglypts have a minor amount of iron oxide staining in the depressions.

Dimensions: ~6.8 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm.

Petrographic Description:

This is the same sample as Allan Hills #2 as described in Olsen, et al., 1978. Eleven new meteorites from Antarctica, 1976-1977, Meteoritics, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp 209-225.